#BBD859#BBD859

#BBD859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.156 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD859
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -27.67, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 64.27, 115.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0797 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.156 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8531, 60.3979, 18.6389)
Luminance	0.6040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD859 #7659D8

analogous

#D8B659 #BBD859 #7BD859

triadic

#BBD859 #59BBD8 #D859BB

tetradic

#BBD859 #59D8B6 #7659D8 #D8597B

square

#BBD859 #59D8B6 #7659D8 #D8597B

split-complementary

#BBD859 #597BD8 #B659D8

monochromatic

#7A9423 #A3C52E #BBD859 #CFE48B #E4EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#BBD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD859

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD859	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.156 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e48c',
    500: '#bbd859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd859;
$custom-light: #d2e48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.701,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83576,
    "c": 0.15604,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD859

secondary

#513C99

accent

#43E568

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD859

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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